First recorded in 1955–60; after Pascal
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The pressure of a gas may be expressed in the SI unit of pascal or kilopascal, as well as in many other units including torr, atmosphere, and bar.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
What is the pressure in pascal of the helium gas produced if it occupies a volume of 125 mL at a temperature of 25 °C?
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
The SI unit of pressure is pascal and 1 Pa = 1 N/m2 .
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
I am not as tender and benign as the pascal lamb.
From The Silver Cross or The Carpenter of Nazareth by Sue, Eugène
Danny walked up the street to the Avenue and then struck northward into the heart of the district where Easter—modern Easter, in new, bright raiment—leads the pascal march.
From Strictly business: more stories of the four million by Henry, O.
“We remain confident in the strength of our pipeline and have more than twenty high-value readouts due over the next 18 months,” AstraZeneca Chief Executive Pascal Soriot said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
He is a replacement for Pascal Struijk, who joined Brighton for £20m in June, and is Leeds' second signing of the summer after Harry Wilson's free transfer from Fulham.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
"We've been treating Ebola patients without pay since May 15. We continue to do so because that is our oath but we are working in very difficult conditions," doctor Pascal Bahoya told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
AT&T Chief Financial Officer Pascal Desroches said at a conference last month that satellite is a “great solution” for the few rural areas in the U.S. that are not covered by other options.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
‘The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me,’ wrote Pascal.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Epidemics of short-sheeting coexist with robotics and PASCAL.
From Time Magazine Archive
Could one have imagined that the brilliant wit, the luxuriant raillery, and the fine and deep sense of PASCAL, could have combined with the most opposite qualities—the hypochondriasm and bigotry of an ascetic?
From Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions by Disraeli, Isaac
"PASCAL" "I will go!" replied Marguerite at once, careless of the obstacles that might impede the fulfilment of her promise.
From Baron Trigault's Vengeance by Gaboriau, Émile
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